Explanation for Question 12 From the Reading Section on the Official Sat Practice Test 10
Question 12 says which choice best supports the idea that the author assumes that 2 all things being equal, people would rather drive than take mass transit. 3 So let's go look at these lines of evidence in the passage. 4 If we start with answer choice a lines, one through five, 5 they say building good transit. Isn't a bad idea, 6 but it can actually backfire if the new trans trains and buses merely 7 clear space on highway lands, for those who would prefer to drive a group 8 that historically has included almost everyone with access to a car. 9 So this answer choice could potentially be a good one because it talks about 10 the people driving cars and how they prefer to do that. 11 It says for those who would prefer to drive a group that historically 12 has included almost everyone with a car. And in this case, 13 they're implying that almost everyone with the car is a relatively large group. 14 So a might be a good answer choice. Here we look at answer choice 15 B. It says lines five through eight to have the environmental value nutrients that 16 has to place and eliminate driving on a scale to cut energy consumption and 17 energy consumption overall. So this answer choice is going to be incorrect because 18 it doesn't say anything about cars specifically. 19 And it also doesn't say anything about people preferring to drive cars. 20 So B is incorrect. If you look at C it says, 21 but they're necessary because you can't make people drive less in the long run 22 by taking ste...